Thursday, June 12, 2014

Degrazia Paintings And Munch Paintings

By Darren Hartley


DeGrazia paintings exhibited a passion for the creation of art depicting the lives and lore of the Sonoran Desert natives. An encounter with muralist Diego Rivera in 1942 led to an internship under Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco. The two Mexican masters then sponsored a solo exhibition of DeGrazia paintings at the prestigious Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Ted married his second wife, Marion Sheret, a New York sculptor, in 1947 in the jungles of Mexico. Together in the early 1950s, they bought a 10 acre foothills site to build what was to become known as Ted's Gallery in the Sun, to showcase his appreciative DeGrazia paintings.

DeGrazia paintings steadily attracted media attention. They were featured in the NBC newsreel titled Watch the World and in a profile article in a 1953 edition of National Geographic entitled From Tucson to Tombstone. It was in 1960 that their fame flourished when a 1957 DeGrazia oil painting, Los Ninos, was chosen by UNICEF for a holiday card. The card sold millions worldwide.

Munch paintings are known for the strong mental anguish that they displayed. This anguish is partly due to the way his father raised Edvard and his siblings. They were impounded with fears of hell and other deep seated issues.

Symbolism was the reference given to the style Edvard created for his Munch paintings. This style focused on the internal view of objects, rather than the exterior or what the eye could see. It was a design around the way Edvard felt, his repressed emotions, showcasing his inward feelings.

Munch paintings depicted the darker side of art. Tones and shadows were used to depict the emotions the images were feelings, seemingly coming from the deep seating feelings Edvard tended to keep inside himself. This style of painting was considered to be a prelude to the German expressionistic movement, which came out with its own dark pieces.




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